Robert Haab (8 August 1865 – 15 October 1939) was a Swiss politician.
He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 13 December 1917 and handed over office on 31 December 1929. He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party. He studied law at the universities of Leipzig, Strasbourg and Zurich. https://www.nytimes.com/1929/01/13/archives/new-swiss-president-long-in-public-life-robert-haab-elected-for.html
During his office time he held the Department of Posts and Railways and was President of the Confederation in 1922, winning by a slim majority of 163 to 154,Colby, Frank Moore (Ed.). (1922). The New International Year Book. Dodd, Mead and Company. p. 687. Retrieved 5 December 2018. and again in 1929.
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